Certified Home Heath Aid- CHHA- Hospice

Preferred Care Health Centers; Long Branch (NJ); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Swan Hospice seeks a compassionate CHHA with hospice experience to join our team in New Jersey. You will provide in-home and facility-based hospice assistance, supporting residents with dignity and care alongside an experienced nursing team.

Ideal candidates hold an NJ HHA license, have at least one year of hospice experience, and possess reliable transportation to cover assigned shifts. We value empathy, punctuality, and adherence to regulatory guidelines.

Qualifications

• HHA license issued in NJ.
• Understanding of hospice philosophy.
• Minimum 1 year experience in hospice.
• Reliable transportation to attend shifts.

Responsibilities

• Assist with prescribed exercises and ROM as taught by the Hospice Nurse.
• Assist with toileting, positioning, transfers, and frequent turning of bed-bound residents/patients.
• Provide or assist with ADLs: personal hygiene, grooming, mouth, skin care, and nails.
• Assist or remind patients to take medications in compliance with regulations.
• Light housekeeping of the patient’s unit/room and linens changes as needed.
• Assist with meals and feeding.
• Record vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration) as supervised by nurse.
• Report changes in patient condition to the Hospice Nurse and document communications.

Skills

HHA license NJ

Hospice philosophy understanding

1 year hospice experience

Reliable transportation

Job description

Swan Hospice is looking for CHHA ( Certified Home Heath Aid ) with Hospice experience to join our team.

We provide quality hospice care to patients in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities and in private homes. We treat residents, families and loved ones with kindness, respect, compassion and dignity. We have a comprehensive team that can provide support and stability to residents and staff.

Job Responsibilities

• Assists with the prescribed exercise and ROM activities which the resident/patient and Hospice aide have been taught by the Hospice Nurse.
• Provides assistance in toileting; positioning and transfer activities, frequent turning and positioning of a bed bound resident/patient.
• Provides or assists in ADL activities; personal hygiene, grooming, mouth, skin care and nails.
• Assists or reminds the patient to take medication, in compliance with regulations of appropriate regulatory and accrediting bodies.
• Assists with light housekeeping of individual's personal unit or room, including changing of bed linen, if needed and patient laundry.
• Feeds and assists with meals.
• Obtains temperature, pulse and respiration as supervised by the Hospice Nurse.
• Reports any changes in resident's/patient's condition to the Hospice Nurse and, if in a facility, to the facility nurse and documents the information , including the date and time of the report and the person receiving the information.

Ideal candidates will have:

• HHA License in the state of NJ
• Understands the hospice philosophy
• Minimum of one year experience working in hospice
• Dependable transportation